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Cheryl Bolen is an American romance novelist.

BIOGRAPHY
The daughter of plastering contractor Al Williams and the former Betty Appleton, a housewife, Bolen was born in Los Angeles, where she lived until moving to Texas in the 1960s when she was 15. She met her future husband, John Bolen, while a student at San Jacinto College. They married during their junior year in college. When her husband went to graduate school in Austin, she attended the University of Texas, where she served on the staff of the Daily Texan and earned a bachelor of journalism degree in 1970 with a double major in English.

They returned to San Jacinto College in 1971 when John took a teaching position there, and in 1979 she earned a Master of Science degree in education at the University of Houston Clear Lake while being a stay-at-home mother to their two sons.

During those years, she did freelance news writing before taking a position in 1979 as news editor of the South Belt Ellington Leader, where she won several awards from the Houston Press Club and Texas Community Newspaper Association for spot news reporting, feature writing and headline writing.

She left the Leader to teach language arts in the Pearland, Texas I.S.D. in 1985. After teaching for six years, she returned to the Leader for six more years.

The first of her 20 plus romance novels was published by Harlequin Historical in 1998, when she earned the title Notable New Author. She has also written for Kensington, Love Inspired Historical, and Montlake. Her books have won several awards, including the Holt Medallion and the International Digital Award. In 2011 she began self publishing her out-of-print titles and some originals as eBooks and has consistently been an Amazon bestselling author.

LITERARY AWARDS
A Duke Deceived – Finalist for Best First Book, Holt Medallion 1999; Cheryl named Notable New Author 1999

With His Ring – Finalist Best Historical, Texas Gold 2003

An Improper Proposal – Finalist Best Historical, Texas Gold 2005

Counterfeit Countess – Finalist Best Historical Mystery, Daphne du Maurier 2006

One Golden Ring – Best Historical, Holt Medallion 2006

My Lord Wicked – Best Historical eBook, International Digital Awards 2011

With His Lady's Assistance – Finalist Best Historical eBook, International Digital Awards 2011

The Earl's Bargain – Finalist Best Historical eBook, International Digital Awards 2011

Christmas at Farley Manor – Best Novella, 2011 Romance Through the Ages

Single Historicals (set in Regency England)
A Duke Deceived (Harlequin Historical, 1998)

A Lady by Chance (Kensington, 2000)

My Lord Wicked*( 2011)

The Earl's Bargain* (2011)

His Lordship's Vow* (2012)

World War II Love Story
It Had to Be You* (2011)

Brides of Bath Series (set in Regency England)
The Bride Wore Blue (Kensington, 2002)

With His Ring (Kensington, 2002)

A Fallen Woman (Kensington, 2002) (eBook retitled The Bride's Secret)

An Improper Proposal (Kensington, 2004) (eBook retitled To Take This Lord)

Brazen Brides Series (set in Regency England)
Counterfeit Countess (Kensington, 2005)

One Golden Ring (Kensington, 2005)

Lady Sophia's Rescue (2011 eBook novella)

Marriage of Inconvenience (Love Inspired Historical, 2012)

Historical Anthologies/Novellas
Fourth of July Picnic (Kensington, 2004)

Lady Sophia's Rescue* (2011)

A Summer to Remember* (2012)

Christmas Brides* (2012)

Regent Mysteries (set in Regency England)
With His Lady's Assistance* (2011)

A Most Discreet Inquiry* (2012)

Texas Heroines in Peril (contemporary romantic suspense)
Protecting Britannia* (2012)

Capitol Offense* (2012)

A Cry in the Night* (2012)

Murder at Veranda House* (2012)

Inspirational Historical Romance (set in Regency England)
Marriage of Inconvenience (2012, Love Inspired Historical, Harlequin)

Amazon Serial (contemporary romantic suspense)
Falling for Frederick, January.-April, 2013 (Montlake)

(*)Denotes eBook originals (some eBooks are available in print)